Today, the capuchin stone tool tradition continues, and some monkeys are even sharing their secrets with other species. Below, you can see a capuchin monkey instructing a female human on how to properly use stone tools.

With monkeys learning to use tools and passing this skill down for generations, what do you think future monkeys be like? Will they evolve better techniques, or continue the same traditions without advancing for the next few thousand years? Only time will tell, and evolution does not advance quickly.

In the video below, watch a capuchin monkey use a stone hammer to break open a cashew on a stone anvil. There is definitely a human element to this behavior: